From allies to adversaries: 47 years of US-Iran hostility

Al Jazeera English1 hour ago3:13

Forty-seven years after Iranian students seized the US embassy in Tehran, the two nations remain locked in hostility, with tensions now playing out in the Strait of Hormuz amid reports of US strikes near Iranian waters. Once Gulf allies under the Shah, Washington and Tehran's relationship unravelled following the 1979 revolution and the 444-day hostage crisis. Decades on, mediators continue shuttling between the two capitals, but mistrust rooted in a 1953 coup, a stalled nuclear deal, and ongoing regional rivalry still defines their fraught relationship. Al Jazeera’s Ali Hashem reports. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on X: https://X.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.news/AJEMobile #Iran #UnitedStates #USIranRelations #IranRevolution #USIranConflict #Tehran #USEmbassy #HostageCrisis #MohammadMossadegh #ShahOfIran #RuhollahKhomeini #IranNuclearProgramme #StraitOfHormuz #QeshmIsland

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